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Fish Species in Zaïre One of the largest rivers in the world; formed by the confluence of Luapula and Lualaba rivers; empties into the Atlantic Ocean (Ref. 6318). | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=149] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Aethiomastacembelus congicus | Mastacembelidae | benthopelagic | 36 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Aethiomastacembelus robertsi | Mastacembelidae | benthopelagic | 36 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Aethiomastacembelus traversi | Mastacembelidae | benthopelagic | 35 TL | 3.8 | endemic |
| Alestes lateralis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 18 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Alestes macrophthalmus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 74 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Amphilius cryptobullatus | Amphiliidae | demersal | 17 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Amphilius platychir | Amphiliidae | demersal | 21 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Amphilius zairensis | Amphiliidae | demersal | 12 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys loati | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys spilauchen | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Auchenoglanis occidentalis | Bagridae | demersal | 86 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus afrovernayi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Barbus bifrenatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Barbus brazzai | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus caudovittatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 80 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus fasciolatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus haasianus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus habereri | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus holotaenia | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus hulstaerti | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus lineomaculatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus pleuropholis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus tangandensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Brienomyrus kingsleyae kingsleyae | Mormyridae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Brycinus imberi | Alestiidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Brycinus kingsleyae | Alestiidae | pelagic | 21 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 65 TL | 2.3 | native |
| Brycinus opisthotaenia | Alestiidae | pelagic | 16 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus batesii | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 34 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus brevicauda | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus cryptacanthus | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 23 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus flavomarginatus | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 31 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus goro | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 37 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus marmoratus | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 23 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus niger | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 29 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Campylomormyrus tamandua | Mormyridae | demersal | 53 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Chiloglanis batesii | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Chiloglanis congicus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Clarias albopunctatus | Clariidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Clarias buthupogon | Clariidae | demersal | 110 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Clarias camerunensis | Clariidae | demersal | 47 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Clarias pachynema | Clariidae | demersal | 36 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | demersal | 35 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Ctenopoma kingsleyae | Anabantidae | demersal | 25 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Cynothrissa ansorgii | Clupeidae | pelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Distichodus altus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 15 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Distichodus notospilus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 20 TL | 4.7 | native |
| Epiplatys singa | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Epiplatys spilargyreius | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Euchilichthys dybowskii | Mochokidae | demersal | 12 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Gnathonemus petersii | Mormyridae | demersal | 43 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Hemichromis fasciatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Hepsetus odoe | Hepsetidae | demersal | 70 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Heterobranchus boulengeri | Clariidae | demersal | 64 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Heterobranchus longifilis | Clariidae | demersal | 183 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Heterotis niloticus | Osteoglossidae | demersal | 120 TL | 3.0 | introduced |
| Hippopotamyrus psittacus | Mormyridae | demersal | 30 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Hydrocynus forskalii | Alestiidae | pelagic | 96 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Hydrocynus vittatus | Alestiidae | demersal | 117 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Hylopanchax stictopleuron | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Ichthyborus besse congolensis | Citharinidae | pelagic | 20 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Kribia kribensis | Eleotridae | demersal | 6 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Kribia nana | Eleotridae | demersal | 5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Labeo alticentralis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo coubie | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 92 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Labeo cyclopinnis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Labeo cyclorhynchus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo dhonti | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo falcipinnis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 47 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Labeo greenii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 27 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo kirkii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo lukulae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 31 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Labeo luluae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo macrostoma | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 73 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Labeo nigricans | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Labeo parvus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 47 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Labeo polli | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo quadribarbis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo rectipinnis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo reidi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Labeo sorex | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 43 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Laeviscutella dekimpei | Clupeidae | pelagic | 5 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Lates niloticus | Centropomidae | demersal | 193 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Leptocypris lujae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Malapterurus electricus | Malapteruridae | benthopelagic | 149 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Marcusenius dundoensis | Mormyridae | demersal | 16 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Marcusenius fuscus | Mormyridae | demersal | 25 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius ghesquierei | Mormyridae | demersal | 14 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius kutuensis | Mormyridae | demersal | 24 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius macrolepidotus | Mormyridae | demersal | 32 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius schilthuisiae | Mormyridae | demersal | 19 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Micralestes acutidens | Alestiidae | pelagic | 11 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Micralestes humilis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Microctenopoma congicum | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Microctenopoma lineatum | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Microctenopoma milleri | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Microctenopoma nanum | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Microctenopoma nigricans | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Microctenopoma uelense | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Microthrissa congica | Clupeidae | pelagic | 8 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Microthrissa royauxi | Clupeidae | pelagic | 10 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Microthrissa whiteheadi | Clupeidae | pelagic | 8 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Mormyrops anguilloides | Mormyridae | demersal | 150 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Mormyrops attenuatus | Mormyridae | demersal | 22 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Mormyrops engystoma | Mormyridae | demersal | 15 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Mormyrus longirostris | Mormyridae | demersal | 92 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Mormyrus rume rume | Mormyridae | demersal | 107 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Nannaethiops unitaeniatus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 7 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Nannocharax macropterus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 8 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Nannothrissa stewarti | Clupeidae | pelagic | 3 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Neolebias ansorgii | Citharinidae | pelagic | 4 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Odaxothrissa losera | Clupeidae | pelagic | 16 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Opsaridium ubangiensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Opsaridium zambezense | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Orthochromis kalungwishiensis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Pantodon buchholzi | Pantodontidae | pelagic | 10 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Parachanna obscura | Channidae | demersal | 42 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Parailia congica | Schilbeidae | demersal | 10 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Parakneria vilhenae | Kneriidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Pellonula leonensis | Clupeidae | pelagic | 10 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma | Mormyridae | demersal | 17 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Petrocephalus christyi | Mormyridae | demersal | 8 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Petrocephalus microphthalmus | Mormyridae | demersal | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Petrocephalus sauvagii | Mormyridae | demersal | 18 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Phractolaemus ansorgii | Phractolaemidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 0.0 | native |
| Pollimyrus adspersus | Mormyridae | demersal | 11 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Pollimyrus tumifrons | Mormyridae | demersal | 12 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Polypterus bichir katangae | Polypteridae | demersal | 46 TL | 3.5 | endemic |
| Polypterus delhezi | Polypteridae | demersal | 35 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Polypterus endlicheri congicus | Polypteridae | demersal | 75 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Polypterus ornatipinnis | Polypteridae | demersal | 60 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Polypterus palmas polli | Polypteridae | demersal | 40 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Polypterus retropinnis | Polypteridae | demersal | 33 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Polypterus senegalus senegalus | Polypteridae | demersal | 51 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Potamothrissa acutirostris | Clupeidae | pelagic | 9 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Potamothrissa obtusirostris | Clupeidae | pelagic | 8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Potamothrissa whiteheadi | Clupeidae | pelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Protopterus aethiopicus congicus | Protopteridae | demersal | 100 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Protopterus annectens brieni | Protopteridae | demersal | 90 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Protopterus dolloi | Protopteridae | demersal | 130 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Pterochromis congicus | Cichlidae | demersal | 19 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus | Cichlidae | demersal | 41 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Schilbe marmoratus | Schilbeidae | demersal | 27 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Synodontis acanthomias | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 59 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Synodontis nigromaculatus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 39 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Synodontis ornatipinnis | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 40 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Tilapia rendalli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 45 TL | 2.2 | native |
| Tylochromis lateralis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 26 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Xenomystus nigri | Notopteridae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.3 | native |
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